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| A | This mineral is Anthropogenic. |
| G | This mineral is directly dated. |
| B | This mineral is reported as having this age. |
| Y | This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period. |
| O | This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality. |
| R | The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality. |
| P | The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children. |
| This mineral's age has not yet been recorded. |
| Aragonite | Baryte | Calcite | Clay | Diaspore | Feldspar | Gypsum | Marcasite | Mica | None |
| Not in a structural group | Olivine | Palygorskite | Phenakite | Pyrite | Pyroxene | Quartz | Rocksalt | Sepiolite | Smectite-vermiculite |
| Sphalerite | Spinel |
| Mineral name | Structural Groups | IMA Formula | Max Age (Ma) | Min Age (Ma) | # of Sublocalities containing mineral | LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids | # of localities containing mineral |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anglesite (*) | Baryte | Pb(SO4) | 1 | 96784 | 2734 | ||
| Anorthite (*) | Feldspar | Ca(Al2Si2O8) | 1 | 96782 | 1036 | ||
| Aragonite (*) | Aragonite | Ca(CO3) | 1 | 96783 | 3250 | ||
| Baryte (*) | Baryte | Ba(SO4) | 1 | 96783 | 11547 | ||
| Calcite (*) | Calcite | Ca(CO3) | 2 | 96779,96783 | 27770 | ||
| Celadonite (*) | Mica Clay | KMgFe3+Si4O10(OH)2 | 1 | 96779 | 309 | ||
| Cerussite (*) | Aragonite | Pb(CO3) | 1 | 96783 | 4979 | ||
| Diopside (*) | Pyroxene | CaMgSi2O6 | 1 | 96782 | 4135 | ||
| Dolomite (*) | None | CaMg(CO3)2 | 2 | 96783,96784 | 9895 | ||
| Fayalite (*) | Olivine | Fe2+2(SiO4) | 1 | 96782 | 371 | ||
| Franklinite (*) | Spinel | ZnFe3+2O4 | 1 | 96782 | 52 | ||
| Galena (*) | Rocksalt | PbS | 1 | 96783 | 24243 | ||
| Goethite (*) | Diaspore | FeO(OH) | 3 | 96778,96783,96784 | 7437 | ||
| Gypsum (*) | Gypsum | Ca(SO4)·2H2O | 1 | 96783 | 6890 | ||
| Hedenbergite (*) | Pyroxene | CaFe2+Si2O6 | 1 | 96782 | 741 | ||
| Hemimorphite (*) | Not in a structural group | Zn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O | 1 | 96783 | 1689 | ||
| Hercynite (*) | Spinel | Fe2+Al2O4 | 1 | 96782 | 407 | ||
| Hydrocerussite (*) | None | Pb3(CO3)2(OH)2 | 1 | 96783 | 201 | ||
| Magnesioferrite (*) | Spinel | MgFe3+2O4 | 1 | 96782 | 98 | ||
| Magnetite (*) | Spinel | Fe2+Fe3+2O4 | 1 | 96782 | 14899 | ||
| Marcasite (*) | Marcasite | FeS2 | 1 | 96783 | 5674 | ||
| Nantokite (*) | Sphalerite | CuCl | 2 | 96783,96784 | 35 | ||
| Orthoclase (*) | Feldspar | K(AlSi3O8) | 1 | 96782 | 2349 | ||
| Palygorskite (*) | Palygorskite Clay | (Mg,Al)2Si4O10(OH)·4H2O | 1 | 96779 | 306 | ||
| Pigeonite (*) | Pyroxene | (Mg,Fe,Ca)2Si2O6 | 1 | 96782 | 303 | ||
| Pyrite (*) | Pyrite | FeS2 | 1 | 96783 | 39462 | ||
| Quartz (*) | Quartz | SiO2 | 2 | 96779,96784 | 61156 | ||
| Saponite (*) | Clay Smectite-vermiculite | (Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O | 1 | 96779 | 301 | ||
| Sepiolite (*) | Sepiolite Clay | Mg4Si6O15(OH)2·6H2O | 1 | 96779 | 241 | ||
| Siderite (*) | Calcite | Fe(CO3) | 1 | 96783 | 6417 | ||
| Smithsonite (*) | Calcite | Zn(CO3) | 2 | 96783,96784 | 2473 | ||
| Sphalerite (*) | Sphalerite | ZnS | 1 | 96783 | 21482 | ||
| Willemite (*) | Phenakite | Zn2SiO4 | 1 | 96782 | 303 |
| Sample | Source Locality | Reference URL |
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